Saturday, May 16, 2009

Lorna's Laces Sale (again)

Remember last year's Lorna's Laces tour and sale? It's hard to believe that it happened over a year ago, especially since I haven't touched the yarn that I bought that morning! Nevertheless, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't have gone out and bought MORE yarn this year, right? =)

Last year I was #40 in line, so this year I was determined to be one of the first 20 into the yarn room (oh, the things we do for yarn). I'm not a morning person at all, but having to get into work at 7 am some mornings recently really served me well, because I made it over there just before 8. I was #15, so there are 14 people who are crazier than I am. =)

I've been on a yarn diet since April 1, but I knew that I'd be going to this sale before that so this is the one exception until at least the end of June. Maybe that's why I went way over budget!

That's 7 skeins of Green Line DK in a one-of-a-kind colourway, 4 skeins of Lion and Lamb in Pine, and Shepherd Sock in Montrose and another one-of-a-kind (it reminds me of Annie Modesitt's Roadside Gerry). I was really hoping to get some Green Line DK today, so I'm quite happy about that. The Lion and Lamb is a bit of a luxury, and I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but it's a yarn that I've always loved from afar.

I'm also seriously loving the Montrose colourway.

And now my stash has officially reached ridiculous proportions, and I may need to extend the yarn diet beyond the end of June.

Yes, but your stash fits into a single tub. Mine fits into....3 tubs, plus a half tub, plus a little 3-drawer thing (which my sock yarn stash was supposed to be limited to, but which it's totally outgrown)....and there's still overflow all over the place. Granted, I don't have a stash ROOM or entire bookshelves dedicated to stash, but it's still a lot. =)